Bottle-stopper.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

1 4 00 AT 2 00 0 N A. W. GORDES.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.13,1905.

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AUGUST W. comes, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOT'TLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed December 13, 1906. Serial No. 291,646-

To all whom it may cancer Be it known that I, AUGUST W: OoRnEs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at the.

city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a cap or sto per for receptacles, and pertainsparticular yto granted to Georg Kirkegaard. In the presmy invention andapplied to an or ent case I employ a cap having depending fingers likethe Kirkegaard constructlon; but I arrange the clam ing means to actupon the depending fingers 111 a different way.

he principal object of the present invention is to produce a cap ofcompact and pleasing appearance and which can beasily mapipulated toengage or disengagea receptac e.

A further object of the invention is to obtain a receptacleclosureadapted to be formed cheaply of sheet metal and having a minimum numberof arts.

With these and otlier objects in view m invention consists in theconstruction, combination, location, and arrangement of arts,

as hereinafter set forth, and shown in-t e accompanying drawin s, andfinally particularly pointed out in t e appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a cap or stopper embodyingthe princi les of dinar'y bottle. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same,

within their plane of rotation I incline them so of a clamp-ring havingcam-surfaces; but instead of aving the cam-surfaces eccentricaccommodate the inturned gers, and has a bead 8 with a lower inclined asto act axially or along the elements of the clamping-ring. In otherwords, instead of em loying cam-surfaces which follow a genera y spiralform I make use of cam-surfaces of a generally helical shape. ThJSclampingrmg is organized into the structure of the cap i or stopper, soas to effect the inward bending of the fingers 1n the same way as withthe 5 Kirkegaard construction.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like parts are designated by thesame refer-- ence-sign, 1, Figs- 1, 2, and 3, designates a cap appliedto a bottle or other receptacle 2 and having depending fin ers 3 uponthe en- .tire per phe thereof. ithin the cap 1 I inclose a dis or washer4, of cork or other packin material, which is adapted to be presse downon the neck of the bottle when the cap is locked thereto. The generalform and construction of the cap and washer may .be modified to satisfythe use to which they areapplied. Each of the fingers 3 is bent orotherwise constructed to have exterior and interior cam-surfaces 5 and6, respectively. vA convenient practical construction for securing theseis indicated in the drawings, in which each prong is reversely bent intoa double or reversed curve, with an initially outwardly flaringcam-surface 5 and a terminal internally-bent cam-surface 6. Thebottle-neck is recessed, as shown at 7, so as to part of the finwall 9.

The clamping-ring 10 is made with a smooth lower edge 11 and is of sucha diameter as to pass exteriorl over the fingers 3 and engage the cam-saces 5 thereon with said lower edge. 1. form the upper edge of theclamping-ring 10 with a plurality of inclines or wedge-surfaces 12,which may be symmetrically disposed thereto.

13 indicates lu s or projections upon the exterior surface 0 the cap 1,conveniently formed by bending outward a portion of the 'metal thereofbetween the fingers, so. as to produceprongs corresponding in number andposition with the cam-surfaces 12.

The operation is as follows: The parts of their natural resiliency. Thiscondition is illustrated in Fig. 3. ltis now merely necessary to turnthe clamping-ring 10 a portion of a revolution, so that the projections13.

ride outward on the cam-surfaces 12. This will cause the lower edge 11of the clampingrin to be borne downward against the camsu aces 5,pressing the fingers inward. The inward movement of the fingers causesthe cam-inclines 6 thereon to engage the corres ondin ly-inclined wall 9of the bead 8 on t e bott e, so that the fingers, and with them the ca1, are drawn downward, so as to bind or sea the packing material 4thereupon. It is obvious that this condition will continue until the capis released again by turning the rin in the reverse direction. I

he ring may be provided with any form of exterior lugs or projections,by which it is rasped for the turning movement. In igs. 1, 2, and 3 Ihave illustrated the side of the ring sli htly beaded, as shown at 14,and

milled on t e exterior surface of the beading, i

so as to give a rigid and agreeable engagement for the fin ers. Ifdesired, however, the ring may be eft entirely plain upon its exteriorsurface, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5.

The particular details of the construction may be widel modified andstill fall the spirit an scope of my invention. For example, a slightmodification is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, in which the dependingfingers 3 have embossed protuberances 15 thereon, so as to strengthenthem and render the cam-inclines less liable 'to become distorted out ofsha e. In this construction the lower edge of .t e cam-ring iscoincident with the edge of the beading, so as to give increasedstrength thereof. The manner' in which the beading rides upon thecam-sur faces ofthe rotuberances, so asto clam the fingers, isillustrated in Fig. 7. It '1 be seen that in this form of constructionthe lower wall 9 of the beading upon the bottle is qillite steep, sothat the cam-incline enga es t e beadin only on its outside edge. T

is a desirab e feature of construction, since it causes the wedginpressure to be a'plied cured.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have illustrated a construction in which the lug 13is formed by embossing the metal of the cap rather than bybending-outward a proportion thereof to form a rong. v This constructionalso illustrates t e cam-inclines formed by diagonal slots upon theperiphery of the clamping-ring rather than by wedge-surfaces upon itsupper edge.

the essential idea of the invention and fa ling within its spirit andscope.

adapted to en These details are presented as ex-, amplesof obviousmodifications embodying,

eeasai What I claim is-- 1. Astopper comprising a cap havm dependingfingers and a clamping-ring em racmg said fingers and having partscooperating with the cap whereby the ring will move axially when rotatedwith respect to the ca in combination with a bottle having a shoulderwith which said fingers are caused to engage by the axial movement ofthe ring.

2. A stopper comprising a cap having depending fingers wit exterior andinterior cam-surfaces, and a clamping-ring having arts cooperating withthe cap and adapting it to move axially when rotated and to engage saidexterior cam-surfaces. 3. A stopper comprising a cap' having dependingfingers with interior cam-su aces age a bead upon a bottle, a

clamping-ring aving parts cooperating with I the ca whereb the ring willwhen rotated move ownwar upon the fingers to engage them in lockedrelation with the bottle.

pending fingerswit cam-surfaces, and a clamping-ring having a lowerperipheral edge engaging said exterior cam-surfaces, and havmgcam-inclines on'its upper edge adapted to engage with the cap w lationwhen turned. 4 I

5. Astopper comprising a cap having depending fingers wit exterior andinterior cam-surfaces, and a clamping-rin having'inclines' on its uppervedge ada te to engage with the cap and having a eadedcentral portionadapted to be forced downward upon said exterior cam-surfaces by acircumferential movement of the with respect to the calp. v 6. bottle orjar having an annular exterior shoulder near its mouth in combinationwith a stopper comprising a cap having .de-

pending fingers and having a plurality of lugs 4. A stopper com rising acap having de-' exterior and interior ereby it is forced axially intoclamping re ,or projections on its exterior surface, and a 1clamping-ring having inclines adaptedto engage sai axlally and move thefingers inward to engage said shoulder on the bottle.

lugs or pro ecti ons to force the ring- 7. A stopper comprising acap'havingdepending fingers embossed with strengthening protuberances,and having exterior and interior cam-surfaces, and a beadedclampingrin-g'having cam-inclines cooperating with the'cap by which itis forced axiallywhen turned so as to engage the exterior cam+surfacesand force the fingers inward;

In .witness'whereof I subscribe my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUST wQ CORDES. Witnesses: I

FRANK S. Onna, WM. A. ROSENBAUM.

